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Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business

Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business. the never-ending saga. Format?. Formerly a print and fiche product Went electronic in the mid-90s. What is it? . Provides key financial ratios by industry No individual company data Allows for comparability of firms within industries.

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Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business

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  1. Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business the never-ending saga

  2. Format? • Formerly a print and fiche product • Went electronic in the mid-90s

  3. What is it? • Provides key financial ratios by industry • No individual company data • Allows for comparability of firms within industries

  4. What does it look like?New interface same general options Here they are! Alert: Industry definitions missing

  5. Highlights • Three volumes • Volume 1: Medium and large firms (financial and non-financial) • Volume 2: Medium firms (non-financial) • Volume 3: Small firms (non-financial) • 15 ratios found in all three volumes (this is new) • Volume 3 includes provincial/territorial and regional data

  6. What do I need to know? • Formerly DLI, now also DSP • Careful! DSP and DLI version are different • DLI version includes provincial/territorial and regional data, but DSP doesn’t. • Current version uses NAICS 2002 • Replaces many other products with the same name • Help files are very helpful (especially older versions) • CAUTION: Don’t go wild trying to compare data from different editions.

  7. Crazy history

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